The Shi siblings received an urgent transmission from their family. After the anxious siblings read it, a look of happiness appeared on both their faces. This was because the message said that some Demonic Path noble family had decided to return to their land and the Shi Family had taken this chance to seek refuge from them. After careful consideration, this other party agreed.

This proved that the Shi Family was no longer some rootless plant floating about. They had their own backer now, so certain people couldn’t move against them even if they wanted to. The message their father sent them also had another meaning; they were to immediately return home, lest they were deliberately provoked or angered and caused trouble outside.

This was their light at the end of the tunnel. The Shi siblings didn’t even have much time to remain surprised. They immediately ordered the other cultivators in their group to gather all their belongings and left their room in a hurry.

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Duan San’er glanced over as the group of people happily left. Yesterday these people all had sad faces, but now they were all happy and breathing out sighs of relief. He didn’t understand, but there were more important things that he was puzzled over right now. For instance, he had currently come into conflict with a guest, but he...